A striking black-and-white portrait of the renowned Surrealist artist Max Ernst, captured by master portraitist Arnold Newman in his signature style of environmental portraiture. Newman situates Ernst within a carefully composed setting that reflects the artist's enigmatic and otherworldly sensibility, using light and shadow to heighten the sense of mystery. The gelatin silver print, produced in a later printing, demonstrates Newman's exceptional technical mastery and his ability to reveal the inner character of his distinguished subjects.